Pursuant to Executive Order No. 79, the mining policy issued by President Aquino on July 6, 2012, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) issued Department Administrative Order No. 2013-10 (DAO 2013-10) on February 20, 2013 to increase mining fees and impose processing fees for all mining applications.
All applicants for Exploration Permit (EP), Mineral Agreement (MA) and Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) should comply with the filing and processing fee imposed under DAO 2013-10. Previous
For applications for Exploration Permit, application and processing fee is now PhP 300.00 per hectare but should not be less than PhP 200,000.00 per application.
For applications for Mineral Agreement, application and processing fee is now PhP 300.00 per hectare but should not be less than PhP 300,000.00 per application.
Previously, DAO 2005-08 provides that application fees and charges for Exploration Permit and Mineral Agreement is PhP 60.00 per hectare but should not be less than PhP 50,000.00 per application.
For Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA), application and processing fee is PhP 300.00 per hectare but should not be less than PhP 500,000.00 per application. This is increased from PhP 60.00 per hectare but should not be less than PhP 100,000.00 per application.
(lartajo, MGB-6)